Ten more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in three districts of the division on Friday, taking the caseload to 98,947 since the pandemic began in March last year, reports BSS.

However, the new positive figure shows a little-bit of a falling trend compared to the previous day’s figure, said Dr Habibul Ahsan Talukder, divisional director of Health, adding that Wednesday’s infection figure was 14.

Besides on October 20, the infection figure was just four, which was the lowest-ever in the division since the second wave of the pandemic hit the country.

Meanwhile, the recovery count rose to 95,10 7 in the division after five patients were discharged from the hospitals on the same day.

The death toll reached 1,673, including 685 in Bogura, 320 in Rajshahi with 202 in its city, and 173 in Natore as no new death was reported during the period, Dr Talukder added.

Besides, all the positive cases of Covid-19 have, so far, been brought under treatment while 23,005 were kept in isolation units of different dedicated hospitals for institutional supervision. Of them, 19,404 have been released.

Meanwhile, none people has been sent to home and institutional quarantine afresh while four others were released from isolation during the same time.